Kirill Unchuk
Kirill Unchuk, born 1988, Moscow. Charges: Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement to mass riots); Article 213 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism); Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “The Manezhnaya case”. Sentence (October 27, 2011): terms: 3 years of imprisonment (Unchuk was sentenced to 2 years 6 months of imprisonment under part 1 of article 318… Status: deceased. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, November 7, 2011.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases
Sentence
3 years
terms: 3 years of imprisonment (Unchuk was sentenced to 2 years 6 months of imprisonment under part 1 of article 318, but the previously imposed suspended sentence dated 12.10.2009 for the action at the Foreign Ministry was revoked, and the punishment not served under the sentence for the action in the Foreign Ministry was partially added to the punishment imposed on Unchuk. Thus, the final sentence is 3 years of imprisonment)
Upheld March 28, 2012
Charges
- Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement to mass riots
- Article 213 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism
- Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
called for mass disorder, disrupted public peace, incited hatred or enmity
Latest event
March 20, 2014 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 7, 2011
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The Manezhnaya case
Criminal case
The Manezhnaya case
Other defendants in the case
- Igor Berezyuk — At large, 5 years 3 months
- Ruslan Khubaev — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: Manezhnaya case
Details and sources
Full summary
In March 2011, Unchuk was detained by police officers. On the same day Ruslan Khubaev, another activist of the Other Russia party, was detained as well. Both activists, as well as Igor Bereziuk, a member of "Drugaia Rossia" ("Other Russia") detained on 31 January, were suspected of organising and preparing to commit unlawful acts - mass riots on 11 December 2010 on Manezhnaya Square, when more than five thousand young people came to a mourning rally demanding a thorough investigation into the murder of Spartak FC fan E. Sviridov. The day after the events on Manezhnaya Square on 11 December 2010, Interior Minister R. Nurgaliev stated that the riots were provoked by "left-wing radicals," which, according to police classification, included activists of the "Drugaia Rossia" party.
During the trial in October 2011, the prosecutor excluded the article on hooliganism from the charges against Unchuk as overly imputed.
While serving his sentence in the penal colony No. 4 in Nizhnekamsk, Unchuk was placed in a punishment cell for 2 months, allegedly after a conflict with the head of the colony. At that moment, Unchuk was preparing to apply for parole, which could be forgotten about after the punishment cell.
On 21 March 2014, Unchuk was released.
Earlier in 2009, Unchuk was sentenced to a year in prison with a probation period of two years under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for participation in the activities of the banned organisation "National Bolshevik Party" for the action of seizure of the Foreign Ministry reception room by the National Bolsheviks in 2008, when about 20 people handcuffed themselves in the offices of officials in protest against the lack of support for Russian citizens living in the Baltic States.
In July 2025, it became known that Unchuk had died in the war in Ukraine.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.